Episode · Freakonomics Radio · 2010-04-13
Books mentioned on 4. Faking It
Do you "fake it"? If so, you're hardly alone.
Stephen Dubner discussed Game Change by John Heilemann and others and Faking It by William Ian Miller.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Game Change
Game Change by John Heilemann and Mark Halperin is a bestselling piece of political journalism that provides an inside look at the dramatic 2008 United States presidential election.
Discussed“He's the co-author, along with John Heilman, of Game Change, the definitive book about the 2008 election. How could you not have stormed out? How could you have spoken approvingly of Jeremiah Wright on the campaign trail, borrowed from one of his sermons the title of your book, The Audacity of Hope?”
Where to get it
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Faking It
Discussed“And what led you to write a book called Faking It? My own anxieties about being a law professor because I'm really a medieval historian, but I teach a course in property and I'm always feeling like I'm going to be exposed at the drop of a hat by one kid who asks a question just a little too hard.”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (2) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Passing The Audacity of Hope
“How could you have spoken approvingly of Jeremiah Wright on the campaign trail, borrowed from one of his sermons the title of your book, The Audacity of Hope? People were confused by that.”
Passing Game Change
“Mark Halpern's book, Game Change, was mostly about the Obamas and Clintons, the McCains and the Palins. That's a whole lot of faking right there.”